SELENA'S POVThe bathroom was getting hotter with steam curling around me lazily. It blurred my reflection and heated the air around me.Still, I didn't move. I stood facing my reflection as my hand hovered over the mark on my neck.By now, it has darkened, it was still raw looking but it resembled a tattoo. I struggled to hide it underneath a couple of clothes I brought, but it still stayed visible.I should have turned on the shower. I should have scrubbed the memory away before it swallowed me whole. But I couldn’t. I kept staring, unable to stop touching it, as though the more I pressed, the closer I’d get to the truth Cassian wouldn’t admit.“Selena?” his voice called me from the other room, firm yet calm.“Are you in there? Is everything okay?”It made sense now, I thought. I wondered why he cared so much for me and now I could see why he was concerned about me.With my spine still curved and my heart racing, I neared the door, I thought it asking him to come in and have a look.
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